Create 15 second animation of running horse using provided graphic elements.

Contest Brief

Hello again everyone! Today I am asking for an animation that will ultimately be converted to a GIF and displayed on a 640x256 (2.5x1 W/H ratio) 6.2 in. (15.75cm) VGA screen (shown in LCD Display.png so you can see the actual size). I have mocked up a poorly done storyboard, but it should convey the general idea.

YOU DO NOT NEED TO CREATE THE GIF. Just submit the video in whatever format is most convenient for you.

1) Blue background with moving blue boarder in the "marching ants" style, as shown in the example attachment 'Marching Ants.gif'. (That GIF is for illustration purposes only. I just found it for example on Google Images. I expect you to create one similar to the one shown in the (Frames-1-5.png) image. You can change the size and number of moving elements if you want.
2) Animation begins with the "Derby Dash - IMG_1955.png" logo moving onto the left side of the screen.
3) Once the image is fully on-screen, (about 2 seconds), zoom out where we see the logo is an imprint on the shirt of the horse rider. Horse and rider continues moving to the right.
4) The word 'STAMPEDE' follows the horse and rider as he moves to the right side of the screen.
5) Continue moving to the right until only the word STAMPEDE is on-screen (this should take about 5 seconds). Pause for 8 seconds. Then continue moving 'STAMPEDE' to the right until the word is off-screen.
6) Pause 2 seconds, then loop, repeating the animation again at step 2 where the logo moves onto the screen.

I do not expect you to use the graphic of the word STAMPEDE I provided. That is for illustration only, taken at an odd angle with a cell phone camera. Please find a font that approximates electric-blue neon lights and create your own.
The steps above are probably straight-forward and will be easy for you. The difficult part will be the horse. We want it to appear to be walking or running, so you will need to animate it's walk. The graphic I provided (Horses IMG_1960.PNG) can be used as a starting point for building a single moving horse and rider. The background of the horses is some kind of racetrack with a fence, while the background of the word STAMPEDE in my example is solid blue. I expect you to do something to fix that discontinuity. You can make the base background of the entire frame a race track, and make the spaces between the letters transparent, or you can make the entire background for the horses blue. That's up to you.

I am running this $200 contest for 7 days. I will also run another almost identical contest for $190, where I ask you to include the logo and the word STAMPEDE in any design you want to create. (The boss wants horses, but I want you to be creative and make something even better than we came up with!) It is here https://www.freelancer.com/contest/Create-a-second-animation-using-the-provided-elements-or-create-your-own-versions-1728720

UPDATE: The boss asked for the words "Voted #1 Community Board" be added to the "Derby Dash" logo. See the attached "VoteShirt" image for an example of where to place the letters.

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  • kenselvia
    Contest Holder
    • 4 years ago

    I wanted to give you an update and some feedback on our decision making process. The boss asked me to pick 5 for him to pick a winner from. Bryan C. and A. B. Marketing both had multiple possible entries so the boss picked one from each of those contestants. I assigned a ranking from 1-10 for Logo, Horse, Animation, Stampede, Border, and Background and averaged them. Then from entries 43,35,47,44, and 53, the boss selected #47 by Tarek H. as the winner. The ranking of the top 20 entries are below if you are interested. I am sorry I didn't realize to give this kind of feedback during the contest. It would probably have helped you fine-tune your designs. Thank you all so much!

    • 4 years ago
    1. tarekhfaiedh
      tarekhfaiedh
      • 4 years ago

      hello , and the other contest ?

      • 4 years ago
    2. kenselvia
      Contest Holder
      • 4 years ago

      Something came up, but I will get to it next week.

      • 4 years ago
  • kenselvia
    Contest Holder
    • 4 years ago

    Entry # Logo Horse Animation Stampede Border Back Avg Contestant
    38 6 6 7 6 6 6 6.2 Brian C
    43 6 6 7 6 6 6 6.2 Bryan C.
    35 6 6 6 7 5 5 5.8 Daniel F.
    47 6 6 6 6 6 5 5.8 Tarek H.
    21 6 6 7 3 6 6 5.6 Bryan C.
    44 6 5 6 6 5 6 5.6 Edy J.
    51 5 5 6 6 6 5 5.6 A. B. Marketing
    49 3 5 6 5 6 5 5.4 A. B. Marketing
    53 7 5 6 6 5 5 5.4 A. B. Marketing
    56 7 4 5 8 5 5 5.4 T Repamenla A.
    55 6 6 5 6 5 5 5.4 Daniel M.
    28 4 3 6 6 6 5 5.2 Tarek H.
    19 3 6 5 6 5 4 5.2 Rafael A.
    39 3 5 6 6 5 4 5.2 A. B. Marketing
    16 3 5 5 6 5 4 5 Rafael A.
    2 2 7 7 3 3 5 5 Marcus L.
    29 6 4 5 6 4 5 4.8 Nhat D.
    50 5 5 4 5 5 5 4.8 Osaze O.
    12 6 3 3 6 5 6 4.6 Johan W.
    34 5 4 5 4 4 6 4.6 Edy J.

    • 4 years ago
  • kenselvia
    Contest Holder
    • 4 years ago

    Thank you all for your hard work and creativity. We will review the entries and award a winner within a week. (The boss is out of town right now.)

    • 4 years ago
  • artnimator
    artnimator
    • 4 years ago

    If your still unsatisfied in submission entries and needing to see more concept pls. extend the contest 2 to 3 days more, i like join the contest, but if you already choose someone i guess, :) ill just wait if its extended, thank you

    • 4 years ago
  • Kedarvishnoliya
    Kedarvishnoliya
    • 4 years ago

    Please Check #48

    • 4 years ago
  • Tarekabdelrazik
    Tarekabdelrazik
    • 4 years ago

    Kindly check the updated Entry #47 , thanks

    • 4 years ago
  • kaybeearts
    kaybeearts
    • 4 years ago

    Cheers to you if you checked out #40 ! :)

    • 4 years ago
  • kaybeearts
    kaybeearts
    • 4 years ago

    Hope you don't close the contest; I am working on the project!

    • 4 years ago
  • tarekhfaiedh
    tarekhfaiedh
    • 4 years ago

    hi , do you accept another idea ?

    • 4 years ago
  • enshano
    enshano
    • 4 years ago

    Hi, please attach your vector logo pls. Thanks

    • 4 years ago
    1. kenselvia
      Contest Holder
      • 4 years ago

      I have already provided the best rendition we have. Sorry.

      • 4 years ago
  • Kedarvishnoliya
    Kedarvishnoliya
    • 4 years ago

    I am working on it.

    • 4 years ago
  • kenselvia
    Contest Holder
    • 4 years ago

    I thought I already left this comment but it seems to have vanished, so here it is again. I have added 2 new images to the project description. (3LCDMonitors and DerbyDashPlay) They do not change the requirements at all, but they may give some context for exactly what you are working on if you are interested.

    • 4 years ago
  • kenselvia
    Contest Holder
    • 4 years ago

    Electric Blue Neon Sign examples from Google images. This is the style we want for the word STAMPEDE and the marching ant border. https://www.google.com/search?q=electric+blue+neon+sign&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS865US865&sxsrf=ACYBGNRkh8s5tlRGO8Ai8ddoWmoqfF7WOg:1580762993680&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiQjdmFobbnAhUMa80KHWpTDM0Q_AUoAnoECA0QBA&biw=1920&bih=928

    • 4 years ago
    1. sunnygoodperson
      sunnygoodperson
      • 4 years ago

      SIR MY ENTRY 5 IS ANIMATION GIF I CREATED 5 SECOND VIDEO I CAN CREATE ANOTHER ANIMATION GIF TOMOROW THIS TIME BIT LONG 9 SECOMNS MAY I AM EXPERT IN PHOTOSHOP SOFTWARE DOR CREATING ANIMATION GIFS

      • 4 years ago
  • kenselvia
    Contest Holder
    • 4 years ago

    The boss has asked me to add some additional text around the 'Derby Dash' logo. We want 'Voted #1' added to the top, and 'Community Board' added to the bottom. I have added an attachment image to the contest description called 'VoteShirt.jpg' that shows an example of the lettering we would like.

    • 4 years ago
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    1. kenselvia
      Contest Holder
      • 4 years ago

      If you like, you can put the words "Voted #1 Community Board" someplace else in your project. The boss didn't say where he wanted it, just that he wanted it included someplace. Obviously I can't notify anyone of changes beforehand because I don't know what they will be. You may want to wait and submit your entry later in the contest if that concerns you.

      • 4 years ago
    2. pntluis
      pntluis
      • 4 years ago

      Ok, thank you very much, in a few minutes upload my proposal.

      • 4 years ago
  • kenselvia
    Contest Holder
    • 4 years ago

    To help give some context to the project you are working on, I have added a picture of what these displays look like in the games. (3LCDMonitors.png) I have also included a video of some of the actual game operation where you can see some of the elements shown in the requirements brief. (DerbyDashPlay.mp4). Thank you for your efforts thus far.

    • 4 years ago
  • Anamul19
    Anamul19
    • 4 years ago

    #10 exactly same as you want.

    • 4 years ago
  • fedyn17
    fedyn17
    • 4 years ago

    Working...

    • 4 years ago
  • kenselvia
    Contest Holder
    • 4 years ago

    YOU DO NOT NEED TO CREATE THE GIF. Just submit the video in whatever format is most convenient for you.

    • 4 years ago
  • shailendravikra3
    shailendravikra3
    • 4 years ago

    Hi CH, do you want to animate only one horse with rider or all the horses running in background ?

    • 4 years ago
    1. kenselvia
      Contest Holder
      • 4 years ago

      One horse is acceptable.

      • 4 years ago
  • shailendravikra3
    shailendravikra3
    • 4 years ago

    Follow up question :
    can we use another horse and rider image rather than you have supplied ?

    • 4 years ago
    1. kenselvia
      Contest Holder
      • 4 years ago

      Yes you can, as long as it is an illustration rather than a photo or image of a real horse.

      • 4 years ago
  • kenselvia
    Contest Holder
    • 4 years ago

    You can make your target size 640x256 (2.5x1 W/H ratio)

    • 4 years ago
  • kenselvia
    Contest Holder
    • 4 years ago

    You do not need to generate a GIF file. I will do that. If I can't remap your video to a GIF I will figure out how to display the video in my project. Marcus asked for more details on the display. It's model is EFL-0622W2. It's specs can be seen here. http://www.effinetinc.com/sub/sub02_01.php?sNum=0&pmode=view&idx=79&cat_no=10

    • 4 years ago

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